SwimStrong Favored To Win At The Lake Travis Relay
Lance is swimming. Lance is swimming. Those are the words about Austin, Texas this morning.The 8th Annual Lake Travis Relay will be held today, starting at 8:30 am where the world’s most famous cyclist will return to the open water.
The SwimStrong team looks to be the team to beat with a host of superstars taking to the water. SwimStrong is loaded with former University of Texas swimmers Travis Robertson and Rip Esselstyn and All-Americans Sean Foley and Chris Kemp; former Wisconsin University All American swimmer Dale Rogers; and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.
The 6-person, 12-mile open water swimming relay race starts in the water near Carlos’ n Charlie’s. Teams will swim 6 miles down Lake Travis around a buoy and back to the start point.
Meenakshi Pahuja from Delhi, India (shown above on right), who competed in the Tex Robertson Highland Lakes Challenge, returns to the Lake Travis Relay as a solo swimmer.
Along with photo of Lance Armstrong, photo above shows 2009 & 2010 Tex Roberson Highland Lakes Challenge winner, Collis Williams on left, 12-mile solo participant from India, Meenakshi Pahuja in middle, Holly Boob from Washington on right.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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